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1 bedroom flat, £500 energy bill for winter quarter, is this normal !!!
mattmarsden
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I live in a 1 bedroom flat (attic flat) with just the kitchen, bathroom and a lounge space.
The boiler is a gas boiler and the hob is gas so I am not suprised at the £220 gas bill for the october - january as the heating is on for about 6 hours a day or so and the insulation is rubbish to say the least.
I cant however work out why the electricity bill is so high. The bill came with an estimate reading 21668 from which would give 345kWh usage @ £55.46 (last reading was 21323 not an estimate).
I checked the meter and it as now (in feb) 22978 which is a usage of 1655kWh which is a huge jump! There is 1 TV in the house, 1 computer but no electric heaters or anything like that, nPower have said they must have just badly estimated it but I dont see how it can jump so high.
Can anyone shed any light as to whether the meter type may be incorrect or anything else. If that is the cost of the bill, I will pay but it seems really high for the property type.
Matt
The boiler is a gas boiler and the hob is gas so I am not suprised at the £220 gas bill for the october - january as the heating is on for about 6 hours a day or so and the insulation is rubbish to say the least.
I cant however work out why the electricity bill is so high. The bill came with an estimate reading 21668 from which would give 345kWh usage @ £55.46 (last reading was 21323 not an estimate).
I checked the meter and it as now (in feb) 22978 which is a usage of 1655kWh which is a huge jump! There is 1 TV in the house, 1 computer but no electric heaters or anything like that, nPower have said they must have just badly estimated it but I dont see how it can jump so high.
Can anyone shed any light as to whether the meter type may be incorrect or anything else. If that is the cost of the bill, I will pay but it seems really high for the property type.
Matt
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Do you have an electric backup immersion tank or something like that which is drawing power? Maybe been left on accidentally? 1655kWh in a predominantly gas environment is very high0
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Theres only one way to find out... Submit YOUR own meter reading!
Theres no point stressing and worrying on a forum over an estimated reading that might be wrong.
I would have thought you would have submitted a reading to them and checked the reading before you posted on here.If you found my post helpful, please remember to press the THANKS button! --->0 -
I bet the meter is reading at 21978. Those meters are hard to read. although it looks like it's pointing at the 2 it actually means 1 because 978 is so close to the 2. Try again in a few weeks.:footie:
Regular savers earn 6% interest (HSBC, First Direct, M&S) Loans cost 2.9% per year (Nationwide) = FREE money. 0
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